Meeting the Queen in a pair of thongs

Wayne Jones wearing thongs and looking at the Queen. 'I don't think she was looking at us much," Wayne quipped. File picture

In a classic example of the Australian way, two blokes wore thongs while meeting the Queen at the dockyards in Carrington in April 1970.

Wayne Jones, the dark-haired fella wearing thongs, was 18 at the time and an apprentice electrician at the dockyards.